"Every time we raise our voices, we hear echoes." Jo-Anne Elder, from
the Foreword
Through short stories, journal entries and poetry, the women in Voices
and Echoes explore the changing landscape of their spiritual lives.
Experienced writers such as Lorna Crozier, Di Brandt and Ann Copeland,
as well as strong new voices, appear to speak to each other as they draw
from a wealth of personal resources to find a way to face life's
questions and discover meaning in their lives.
There is something familiar about these stories and poems -- they echo
those we've heard before and those we've half forgotten. Whether they
search for a voice in a world where men monopolize or journey into
painful memories to free the self from the past, they do not despair,
they do not end. Individual entries become the whole story -- an
unending story of rebirth and reaffirmation.
The book begins with an illuminating foreword that introduces readers to
the cultural and philosophical background of many of the stories, and
concludes with the reflections of scholars, writers and artists that are
intended to provoke further discussion.